Hair-shield.



H. E. WALLIS.

HAIR SHIELD.

APPLICATION IILIJD SEPT.10, 1910 Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

little skill in handling 40 pcrsons head and in. position for use.

55'. :dilo

UNITED STAQlES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY WALLIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIR- SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Application lined September 10, 1910. Serial 1-:0. 5814459.

n applied to the head so that any przrson may readily shave his own neck.

It is now the practice, ol many men to shave themselves, particularly with (lillt'US known safety razors which require It is impossible, however, for any pcrson to sllHVU his own neck in presentable manner, and so that the hair will. terminate on a lino desired, and for that reason it has heretofore been nounssary to have this done by a tolisol'ial artist.

The present invention designs primarily to provide a device which may he applied to or worn on the head, and which will cover the lower portion of the back of the head and leave exposed that portion of the neck hair Will t 'rniinnte on the desired or shapely and defin te line and. the ncckportion holow said line will he cleanly shawd.

The invention also designs to provide an improved hair shield for use in shaving.

The invention consists in the novel device h reinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claim at'the conclusion hereof.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is perspective of the improved shield when applied to a Fig. 2 is a perspective of the shield.

A denotes a shield formed of suitahle Ina Jerial, such as celluloid, the lower edge of t which is curred as at a, to fit snuglyagainst the hack of the head along a line at which the hair should terminate. so that it will be impossible to remove the hair beneath it by a razor manipulated over the shield horause the hair will be protected by the shield and will leave the neck exposed so that a razor may be manipulated by tin; wean-r to remove all of the growth beneath this curved lower edge of the shield. 'lhc sllltltl isfornmd of ci-dlnloid or other suit material ovcr which the razor will freely slide without cutting into it, and so that a person manipulating the razor may apply the razor to the shield and then in stroking downwardly, the razor will remain inoprrativo as long as it is drawn over the shield and will begin to out as soon as it leaves the shield. 'lho shield is extended upwardly a sutliciont distance, as at a, or is of sullit'ient width, to prevent any likelihood of the razor bring; placed against the hack portion of the head. The side portions of the shield are cut away at a to extend around the ears and the terminals a are extended dmvnwardly, to protect the growth of hair in front of the ears to the desired point, and these extensions make it possible to uniformly shave the checks to the desired point, since they protect all growth above the lower edges of these, extensions. Resultantly, when the shield is applied to the head of a person, he may, by applying the razor to the shield and stroking downwardly, shave his neck even though it is impossible to see exactly where he is shaving, or in other words, it makes it possible for a person to share his own neck, so that the hair will terminate on a regular or well-defined line, instead of irregularly as could at best be done by a person atten'ipting to shave his own neck, and tlextensions a at the sidoof the shield serrewwg gos for gold ing him in shaving which prevent one cheek from being shaved to a point higher or lower than the other.

Elastic straps b, I) are connected to the sides of the shield and are res 'icrtively provided with a loop and hook for detaehnbly connecting them together to form a band adapted to extend around the forehead to cause the shield, and particularly the lower edge thereof, to fit snugl y against the back of the head, so that the razor will shave all portions of the neck below said edge. Strap b is adjustable to cause the shield to fit snugly when it is applied to the head. To uniformly position the shield on the neck, on over-head elastic strap 0 has one of its ends connected to the upper edge of the shield and its front to the band formed of raps (1, as shown,

By means of the imprpvcd shield any person may share his own neck with a safety-razor and thus the necessity of how lug some person perform (his task for him, will be avoided. It will he undcrslowd, in practice that each shirld may be shaped to :mrurately it each person and so that the Letters Patent, 1s:

' 1. A hair-shield ada ted to (it against imd covgzetlibggdlx ff ahead ang havm its ower e a o correspon to an to extend qyer that portion of the neeh which is to i emain aved, means for holding the shield of: the heat! A hair-shield adapted to fit against the back of a head and having its lower edge shaped to correspond to, and to extend over the. portion of the neck which is to remain unshaved, and having its sides extended to extend around the ears and to protect the hair adjacent the ears, and means for holding the shield on the head.

8. A hair-shield adapted to fit against the back of a head and having its lower edge shaped to corres. 0nd to, and extend over that portion of t e neck which is to remain unshaved, and holding means eomprisin an elastic-band adapted to extend aroun the forehead, andan over-head loo connected to the back portion of the shie d, and

to the band.

HENRY E. WALLIS.

Witnesses:

FRED Gammon,

Hnmm C. Pas-asses. 

